Sentences with phrase «subverted accepted notions»

Her work subverted accepted notions of gender, sexuality, social class, and ethnicity, and was prophetic in anticipating the broader cultural concerns — postcolonialism, feminism, civil rights, multiculturalism, and globalization — that reached a crescendo in the 1960s and continue to be relevant today.

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Drawing loosely upon the American Realist tradition, Sherald subverts the medium of portraiture to tease out unexpected narratives, welcoming viewers into a more complex debate about accepted notions of race and representation, and situating black heritage centrally in the story of American art.